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Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen 3.57pm BST 3.54pm BST The Sun’s Nick Gutteridge thinks the government is playing up the threat of a Corbyn government in the economic partnership paper (pdf) published today by the Brexit department.Fascinating how UK is playing on threat of a Corbyn government in its new […]

He says poll should happen if there is sufficient demand on both sides of border - but he is not ‘advocating’ itJeremy Corbyn has rebuffed claims he will seek a united Ireland if he becomes prime minister during his first visit to Belfast since becoming the leader of the opposition. Related: Corbyn says open border […]

Brexit committee says PM must clarify whether UK will be in customs union after 2020 The government should urgently set out whether it plans to extend the UK’s transitional membership of the customs union beyond 2020, given the likelihood that no replacement plan will be ready in time, the Commons Brexit committee has said.In an […]

UK’s former chief EU diplomat Sir Ivan Rogers takes aim at PM’s Brexit strategy in speechBritain must face reality on post-Brexit trade rather than continue the “buccaneering blather” of hard Brexiters, the UK’s former chief EU diplomat Sir Ivan Rogers has said.Rogers, the former chief Brussels adviser to both David Cameron and Theresa May, took […]